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 Once you've stalked enough photographers, you start to realise that the true creatives have something in their works that, try as you might, you can never imitate. It's an essence, a secret technique, a certain je-ne-sais-quoi-le-fuck-it-is that gives you the shivers and makes you wonder: why don't my photos look that good? I believe Peter Cagnacci to be on of these freaks of nature. My first impression was that perhaps he goes a bit overboard with Photoshop, but if you look close enough, you understand that this is the essence I'm talking about. The saturation and over-exposure make his photos ethereal. They draw you in and don't let you out. He is a wizard with photo editing programs - he can see potential in photos that noone else can and brings it out, BUT, he doesn't put much thought into the story behind the photograph. What are the photographs saying? To me, sometimes they don't say anything, while at other times I can tell they're trying but not quite getting the message across. But then again, perhaps that's part of the essence of his works: they're just photographs. Beautiful photographs. AMAZING photographs. Check them out and decide for yourself at http://www.petercagnacci.com/ and http://kidsdieyoung.tumblr.com/.

c/o Peter Cagnacci